Nixon cuts $22 million from education budget
Gov. Jay Nixon last week announced that he’ll be forced to cut back on funding for education in next year’s state budget.
Nixon said the cuts — $15.6 million for K-12 schools, $3.2 million for community colleges and $3.2 ...

Legislators file to impeach governor
Three legislators’ call to unseat Gov. Jay Nixon could find an ear in the House Judiciary Committee, its chairman said last week.
Committee chairman Stanley Cox, R-Sedalia, offered the would-be impeachers a hearing on the three articles of impeachment they’ve filed.
The call came ...

Statehouse rejects Medicaid expansion
The House rejected a budget proposal last week that would have expanded the state’s Medicaid program for low-income adults.
The $1.6 billion expansion, which would have been financed largely by federal funds under the Affordable Care Act, was defeated 98-50 in a party-line vote ...

Sexual assault bill passes the U.S. Senate
A Missouri senator’s proposal to tighten military sexual assault protocol cleared the Senate 97-0 on Monday.
Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., who co-authored sweeping assault reforms last year, saw to the end of the “good soldier” defense, which allows a defendant to ...